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US 2010/0061010 A1Published application
Particle diverter for hard disc drive
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsYimin Niu, Ning Yu, Robert John Bloom-Duren, Srinivas Tadepalli
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Abstract
Bases for data storage systems are disclosed. Some embodiments of the bases are used in hard disc drives. Some embodiments include particle diverters. Certain embodiments of the particle diverters include a particle diverter opening adjacent to an actuator region of a hard disc drive.
Claims20
A base for a data storage system comprising:
- an actuator region;
- and
- a particle diverter with a particle diverter opening adjacent to the actuator region.
A base for a data storage system comprising:
- an actuator region;
- a sloped surface adjacent to the actuator region, the sloped surface having a first sloped portion and a second sloped portion;
- and
- a particle diverter with an opening, wherein the opening is between the sloped surface's first and second sloped portions.
1 more element
A base for a data storage system comprising:
- an actuator region;
- and
- a particle diverter canal, wherein the particle diverter canal and the actuator region are formed in part by a common surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.